🔎 Particle accelerator on a chip: The coin-sized collider

Plus: The elusive Aurora hypersonic spyplane, mice embryos in space, tiny radar sensors detects micro movement. Imagine a particle accelerator. You probably have an enormous subterranenan machine in mind, perhaps so large it can be seen from space. They've needed to be large to work up sufficient energy to accelerate electrons and smash atoms together — until now. Physicists have created a working accelerator that is comparable in size to a coin. By harnessing nanophotonics, it propels electrons down a tiny tube. And that could be very useful for a whole range of technologies, as you'll discover in today’s [Must Read](. Compared to conventional accelerators, this new device demonstrates that particle acceleration is possible on a very small scale. It could even lead to countertop accelerators proliferating in applications from medical devices to portable scientific analysis suites. Learn more about how the team developed the accelerator-on-a-chip, and what it might mean, below. 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Must Read [✨ Nanophotonic accelerator is 54 million times shorter than one at CERN]( Physicists have created the world's tiniest particle accelerator, demonstrating acceleration on a chip for the first time. Developed by the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (FAU) in Germany, this nanophotonic device is roughly the size of a small coin, making it millions of times shorter than conventional accelerators like CERN's Large Hadron Collider. It uses nano-structured pillars and laser beams to accelerate electrons through a tiny vacuum channel. In tests, the chip-scale accelerator increased electron energy, proving the concept's feasibility. Though early-stage, the technology's miniature size could enable applications from medical devices to manufacturing. Further refinements to boost capabilities could make these tiny accelerators viable replacements for bulky, costly ones. 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